escape string json code example

Example 1: json_encode escape

<?php
/*
 * Escaping the reverse-solidus character ("/", slash) is optional in JSON.
 *
 * This can be controlled with the JSON_UNESCAPED_SLASHES flag constant in PHP.
 *
 * @link http://stackoverflow.com/a/10210433/367456
 */    
$url = 'http://www.example.com/';

echo json_encode($url), "\n";

echo json_encode($url, JSON_UNESCAPED_SLASHES), "\n";

Example 2: escape json in javascript

var myJSONString = JSON.stringify(myJSON);
var myEscapedJSONString = myJSONString.replace(/\\n/g, "\\n")
                                      .replace(/\\'/g, "\\'")
                                      .replace(/\\"/g, '\\"')
                                      .replace(/\\&/g, "\\&")
                                      .replace(/\\r/g, "\\r")
                                      .replace(/\\t/g, "\\t")
                                      .replace(/\\b/g, "\\b")
                                      .replace(/\\f/g, "\\f");
// myEscapedJSONString is now ready to be POST'ed to the server.

Example 3: json_encode escape \

<?php
/*
 * Escaping the reverse-solidus character ("/", slash) is optional in JSON.
 *
 * This can be controlled with the JSON_UNESCAPED_SLASHES flag constant in PHP.
 *
 * @link http://stackoverflow.com/a/10210433/367456
 */    

$url = 'http://www.example.com/';

echo json_encode($url), "\n";

echo json_encode($url, JSON_UNESCAPED_SLASHES), "\n";